June 11, 2004: Hicks charged by the US with conspiracy, attempted murder by an unprivileged belligerent and aiding the enemy.

August 5, 2004: Hicks signs an affidavit saying he has been “beaten before, after, and during interrogations”. He says he has been deprived of sleep as a matter of policy, forcibly injected with unknown sedatives and beaten while under their influence.

August 25, 2004: Hicks pleads not guilty to all charges before a US military commission.

June 29, 2006: US Supreme Court rules US military commissions are unlawful and breach Geneva Conventions, meaning charges against Hicks are struck out.

October 11, 2006: Major Mori says a US inquiry which found Hicks hadn't been abused while detained is “biggest cover up of all time”.

October 17, 2006: US President George W Bush signs legislation revamping the miliary commissions.

October 18, 2006: David Hicks' lawyers say they'll appeal the revamped US military commissions.

December 9, 2006: Thousands of people rally across Australia calling for Hicks to be brought home.

December 19, 2006: US military authorities block a request by Hicks to undergo an independent mental health assessment.

December 20, 2006: Hicks refuses a telephone call from his family, prompting his father Terry Hicks to express fears his son is at breaking point.

February 3, 2007: US swears charges against Hicks of providing material support for terrorism and attempted murder in violation of the law of war.

March 1, 2007: Retired US military judge Susan Crawford drops the attempted murder charge on review of the charges.

March 27, 2007: Hicks pleads guilty to the charge at a US military commission hearing at Guantanamo Bay.

March 31, 2007: Hicks is senteneced to seven years jail, suspending all but nine months.

May 20, 2007: Hicks arrived at RAAF Base Edinburgh in Adelaide, South Australia where he was taken to Adelaide's Yatala Labour Prison and kept in solitary confinement in the state's highest-security ward.

December 29, 2007: Hicks released and placed under a control order obtained by the Australian federal Police. The order required Hicks to not leave Australia, to report to a police station three times a week, and to use only an AFP-approved mobile phone SIM card.

February 19 2008: Hicks given special dispensation by federal magistrate to leave South Australia.

February 20, 2008: Hicks moved to Abbotsford, New South Wales.

December 2008: Hicks' control order expired, it is not renewed.

August 3, 2009: Hicks married Aloysia Hicks, a human rights activist

October 16, 2010: Random House Australia publishes an autobiography of Hicks, entitled Guantanamo: My Journey. Hicks said: "This is the first time I have had the opportunity to tell my story publicly. I hope readers find the book is not only a story of injustice, but also one of hope."

May 2011: Hicks receives standing ovation from an audience of 900 people at Sydney Writers festival.

October 16, 2012: US Appeals Court throws out out the conviction of Salim Hamdam, who was Osama Bin Laden's driver, paving the way for Hicks conviction to also be overturned.